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NAIA ruling to ban transgender women from competing in sports will affect Inland Northwest colleges

Updated 9:26 p.m.

A pair of colleges in the Inland Northwest whose sports teams are overseen by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics face a new reality: transgender athletes will soon be banned from competing on women’s teams.

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South Hill apartment complex fire displaces 10 residents, injures man

Updated 9:26 p.m.

Updated: WSU student who was shot at by police will not face charges
Updated: Judge rules Washington's ban on high-capacity magazines unconstitutional, case now heads to state Supreme Court
Updated: Teen with Islamic State ties accused of planning attack on Coeur d'Alene churches claims he was self-radicalized

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Spokane Indians unveil Expo ‘74 uniforms as city plans for more than 90 anniversary events

Updated 9:26 p.m.

Local Business

Boeing’s long fall, and how it might recover

Updated 7:53 p.m.

National Business

Private data from thousands of Home Depot workers leaked

Updated 8:14 p.m.

Nation

Parents of Oxford High School shooter sentenced to 10-15 years in historic case

World

Cameron lobbies old adversary Trump to unlock Ukraine aid

Washington

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis accepts WSU’s inaugural Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service

Updated 10:37 p.m.

Idaho

Teen with Islamic State ties accused of planning attack on Coeur d’Alene churches claims he was self-radicalized

Updated 10:34 p.m.

WA Government

Judge rules Washington’s ban on high-capacity magazines unconstitutional, case now heads to state Supreme Court

Updated 10:37 p.m.

ID Government

North Idaho College has one last shot to fix accreditation

Education: K-12

Local nonprofit plans teacher workshops to hear needs for helping students with dyslexia

Higher Education

WSU student who was shot at by police will not face charges

Updated 9:27 p.m.

Health

Recent Spokane UW med school grads share hopes of healing as residencies come into focus

Transportation

Stretch of Centennial Trail east of Spokane to close this summer for resurfacing

Science & Tech

How the solar eclipse is bringing cutting-edge science to small towns

Military

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis accepts WSU’s inaugural Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service

Updated 10:37 p.m.

Weather

Clouds part and crowds scream as total solar eclipse delights the U.S.

Columnists

50 years ago in Expo history: An island of many names, the city council on this day voted to name it Canada

History

Gonzaga works with United Nations to tell story of Romani people, including local leader Jimmy Marks

Religion

Faith and Values: Traditions, faith, lessons bring us on different paths to understanding and preparing for death

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News > Military

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis accepts WSU’s inaugural Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

In accepting the first Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service, former Secretary of Defense and retired general James Mattis on Tuesday called on those in the audience to reject political division and cynicism for this country.

News > Spokane

Spokane Indians unveil Expo ‘74 uniforms as city plans for more than 90 anniversary events

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

Soon after graduating from Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane City Council President Betsy Wilkerson got her first job: serving hamburgers and hot dogs at an Expo ’74 food stand.

News > Crime/Public Safety

WSU student who was shot at by police will not face charges

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

The Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office declined to charge a 20-year-old Washington State University student who was shot at by a campus police officer after prosecutors say the student tried to “induce the police to kill him” last month in Pullman.

News > WA Government

Judge rules Washington’s ban on high-capacity magazines unconstitutional, case now heads to state Supreme Court

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

When a judge ruled Washington's ban on high-capacity gun magazines to be unconstitutional, the state issued an emergency order minutes later to keep the law on the books while the case moves through appeals.

News > World

Shifts in Israel bring Gaza cease-fire talks to a critical point — again

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

JERUSALEM – For Gazans and Israelis yearning for a cease-fire and a deal to free hostages, feelings of cautious optimism have been dashed so many times that any optimism now seems incautious.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Attempted bombing of Satanic Temple in Salem condemned as terrorist attack

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

An explosive device was chucked onto the front porch of the Satanic Temple in Salem, Mass., earning the ire of the city’s mayor, who dubbed it a “terrorist attack.” Nobody was inside the house of worship when the device landed outside the front door Monday morning around 4:15 a.m., Salem police said in a news release. And while the device failed to fully detonate, a part of the building was ...

News > Local government

Congressional candidate Michael Baumgartner touts early fundraising haul

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

One of Spokane’s most adept campaign fundraisers is running to represent Eastern Washington in Congress, and on Tuesday he revealed a impressive early war chest he hopes marks him as a leader in a crowded field.

News > Crime/Public Safety

South Hill apartment complex fire displaces 10 residents, injures man

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

A fire at an eight-unit apartment complex on the South Hill displaced 10 residents and sent a man to the hospital with “moderate smoke inhalation and light burns,” according to a Spokane Fire Department news release.

News > Nation/World

Arizona Supreme Court reinstates 160-year-old ban on abortions

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

An 1864 law that criminalized nearly all abortions in Arizona can take effect, the state’s top court said Tuesday.

News > Nation/World

N.Y. appeals judge denies Trump’s second trial delay bid in two days

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

An appeals judge on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s second request in two days to delay next week’s start of his hush money criminal trial, this time based on his claim that a limited gag order is impeding his right to publicly defend himself.

News > Nation/World

Peter Higgs, physicist who shed light on dark matter, dies at 94

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

Peter Higgs, the British physicist who won a Nobel Prize in 2013 for his discovery decades earlier of a theoretical mechanism to explain the origin of mass in the universe, has died. He was 94.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Teen with Islamic State ties accused of planning attack on Coeur d’Alene churches claims he was self-radicalized

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

Like countless students, Alexander Mercurio spent his time during COVID browsing online.

News > Nation/World

Parents of Oxford High School shooter sentenced to 10-15 years in historic case

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

The parents of the Oxford High School shooter were sentenced 10 to 15 years in prison, drawing to a close historic criminal proceedings that marked the first time a father and mother of a mass school shooter had not just been charged but convicted of manslaughter in connection to their child's crime.

News > Nation/World

U.S. sends Ukraine seized Iranian-made weapons

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

The Pentagon has provided Ukraine with thousands of Iranian-made weapons seized before they could reach Houthi militants in Yemen, U.S. officials said Tuesday. It’s the Biden administration’s latest infusion of emergency military support for Kyiv while a multibillion-dollar aid package remains stalled in the Republican-led House.

News > Home and garden

Is your backyard birdhouse a death trap? How to give birds safe shelter

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

I wanted to build a first-class home. Small enough to be cozy, but big enough to raise a family. I needed an ideal location, near a wooded area, with a natural supermarket nearby. And the design should be simple, crafted entirely out of wood. While I was worried about the cost, I needn’t have been. I finished building mine for about $5 in materials in an afternoon.

News > Nation/World

Cameron lobbies old adversary Trump to unlock Ukraine aid

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron held a meeting in Florida with Donald Trump, with whom he has clashed in the past over Brexit and NATO, as the UK tries to persuade the presidential candidate’s Republican allies to stop obstructing a commitment to send more U.S. aid to Ukraine.

News > Business

Gold hits another record as investors await US inflation print

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

Gold extended its bull run to a fresh record ahead of the next set of US inflation data that could provide insight into the Federal Reserve’s next steps.

News > Nation/World

FCC move to restore net neutrality sets stage for familiar fight

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

The Biden administration’s move to restore net neutrality will need to pass legal tests to stick, and even then it will be at risk of a rollback under a future administration if Congress doesn’t act.

News > Nation/World

Russia, China to work on ‘double counteracting’ US-led alliance

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

Russia and China agreed to start a dialogue on Eurasian security with the aim of “double counteracting” the European-Atlantic alliance led by the U.S.

News > Business

Amazon MGM Studios series ‘Fallout’ to relocate to California from New York for tax credit

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

In a coup for California's film industry, the Amazon MGM Studios series "Fallout" will relocate filming to the Golden State from New York after receiving a tax credit.

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